About the book
Short Description
Extra Focus is the empowering guide to embracing your ADHD brain and thriving on your own terms. With practical tips for motivation, focus, organization, and emotional regulation tailored to the ADHD brain, it helps neurodiverse adults learn to stop struggling and start succeeding.
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About the author
Author Mini Bio
Jesse J. Anderson is the author of Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD and the creator of the Extra Focus newsletter.
Author Short Bio
Jesse J. Anderson is the author of Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD. He is a writer, speaker, ADHD advocate, and maker of things. Diagnosed at 36, Jesse writes about his insights and experiences living with ADHD in the weekly newsletter, Extra Focus, helping over sixty thousand readers navigate their own ADHD journeys or better understand their loved ones.
Author Longer Bio
Jesse J. Anderson is the author of Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD. He is a writer, speaker, ADHD advocate, and maker of things. Diagnosed at 36, Jesse writes about his insights and experiences living with ADHD in the weekly newsletter, Extra Focus, helping over sixty thousand readers navigate their own ADHD journeys or better understand their loved ones.
He is known for his humorous, relatable, and insightful posts about ADHD on various social media as @adhdjesse, and has been featured in publications including Today and Huff Post.
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Editorial Praise for Extra Focus
“Concise, easy to read, and packed with clever strategies, Jesse’s quick start guide is a fantastic place to start for anyone looking to better understand their—or a loved one’s—ADHD.”
— Jessica McCabeNew York Times bestselling author of How to ADHD: An Insider’s Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
“Extra Focus is an entertaining and incredibly easy read, with no unnecessary repetition for the sake of extra pages. Just concise information and practical tips, sprinkled with tons of relatable ‘ohhhh, it’s not just me!’ moments. I really wish this guide existed when I first got diagnosed.”
— Dani DonovanADHD creator and author of The Anti-Planner: How to Get Sh*t Done When You Don’t Feel Like It
“Critical insights on ADHD and actionable strategies to deal with it. Wonderfully describes and simplifies the concept.”
— Derek Siversauthor, founder, sive.rs
“He gets the ADHD brain better than anyone I’ve seen and offers usable, smart tools and the context to make me interested in them. I’m so glad he has put all of that in one place, because I have ADHD and am not good at looking in lots of different places.”
— Adam Davidsoncofounder of NPR’s Planet Money podcast and author of The Passion Economy
“There’s a reason hundreds of thousands of people on social media have been drawn to Jesse J. Anderson’s thoughts around ADHD: he’s better at combining first-hand experiences with well-researched facts than just about anybody. Extra Focus is a compelling read for those who have wondered why they just can’t focus the way other people can. Packed with strategies, anecdotes and revelations, it’s a must-read on the topic.”
— Anna DavidNew York Times bestselling author
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